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TELL THE WORLD THEY'RE WRONG! Cheri and I like to watch stand-up comedy specials on TV, and Tom Segura is one we often enjoy. (Sometimes he’s too raunchy and we turn him off.) One night we were watching one of his specials from a few years back, and he hit one of my hot buttons—the way society views people in our age group. He had a long section in his routine where he talked about his parents, who were in their seventies at the time. The basic message was “If you haven’t done something by the time you reach 70, you aren’t going to.” The audience had a great time laughing at the "old people"! Now, I understand that he’s a comedian and exaggeration is one of their techniques, but this is exactly the sort of thing I’m talking about when I say that society views us as being done with life and that we aren’t capable of growing, learning or doing anything new and different. This affects the expectations that younger people have of us, which affects our interactions with them. I once asked our group the question, “You know you’re being treated like a ‘senior” when (fill in the blank). The answers I got were very instructive—and dismaying!: “The retail assistants no longer make eye contact with you, but now speak to your adult child who is accompanying you.” “When restaurant staff squat down to talk to you when they're taking your order like you're deaf or thick!” Those interactions can have an impact on our view of ourselves—and that’s the most dangerous aspect of this, in my opinion. My studies of mindset tell me that how we view ourselves has a very strong impact on us—it can even affect our bodies and our health. If you tell yourself you're too old, then you will be too old. If, instead, you realize that you have decades of productive life ahead of you and you could start, and be successful in, a whole new career, or whatever success means to you, then that's what you'll do. Here's my advice—ignore the people telling you that you’re old! Stand up tall and tell them-- “I’m Never Done Growing!” --Doug Sohn #success #successmindset #successaftersixty

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Rick Bava

Baby Boomer thought leader- Author of "In Search of the Baby Boomer Generation," - Part of the leadership team at Today's Senior Magazine-- Co Founder of BabyBoomer.org

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A "Spot On Column," from Doug Sohn-- CEO--of Success After Sixty-- we at Today's Senior Magazine are honored to be Associated--with Doug Sohn--and Success After Sixty - Rick Bava - Today's Senior Magazine - www.todayssr.com

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